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Is there a way to combine two versions of the same Word for Mac 2011 into one document?
I have multiple revisions with comments from co-authors and would like to combine the documents with comments into one document.
Note: I am not interested in the insert file method that is used to insert a document into another document, essentially combing two documents into 1. I want to "merge" two versions into 1 version.
A quick search gave me two promising applications:
I believe that both do what you want.
You can get pretty close to what you want by turning off balloons.
In the "Track Changes" section of Word's preferences, uncheck the button that says "Use balloons to display changes."
Now additions and deletions are shown inline, and comments are shown as highlights with a reference.
You can view the comments by hovering over the highlight.
Or, you can display the "Review Pane" and view the comments (with additions and deletions interspersed) over there. Less distracting than balloons, though.
Best Answer
From: Compare and merge two versions of a document
You can also merge two versions of the same document into one new document. In both cases, Word shows the differences with revision marks.
NOTE You cannot merge two separate documents into one.
Merge two versions of a document
Open one of the two versions of the document that you want to merge.
On the Tools menu, click Merge Documents.
On the Original document pop-up menu, select one version of the document.
On the Revised document pop-up menu, browse to the other version of the document, and then click OK.